Self-efficacy: A Key Components of Teacher Effectiveness

Abstract

Teachers are very important for the education system. Teacher effectiveness is one of the most important factors that are able to influence the achievement of students, which is the primary goal of education. The purpose of this review article is to analyze the interconnectedness among self-efficacy and teacher effectiveness. This study relies on secondary sources from various articles, theses, books, journals, etc. Furthermore, this study seeks to explain the extent, perception, development, and importance of teacher effectiveness along with the interconnectedness among self-efficacy and teacher effectiveness. This study analyzes and discusses the results of different researches related to self-efficacy and teacher effectiveness. Study shows that the development of teacher self-efficacy can enhance instructional resources. As well as instructional resources can enhance the teacher effectiveness. Teacher self-efficacy directly takes part in enhancing teacher effectiveness through improving self-enhancement values or motivations for teaching, as well as by improving self-confidence. Focusing on teachers’ self-efficacy development can be a major inclusion in the in-service training design for teachers’ that can improve teacher effectiveness and achieve the ultimate goal of student outcome. Self-efficacy development programs should be included in the teachers' professional development frameworks to improve teacher effectiveness. Boosting self-efficacy among teachers’ through in-service training programs and professional development frameworks is important for rapid and continuous improvement of teacher effectiveness. Enhancement of self-efficacy by incorporating capacity-building programs and teacher professional development programs into in-service training design is capable of improving teacher effectiveness and ultimately improving student achievement.

Keywords: Self-efficacy; teacher education; teaching practice; in-service training; teacher effectiveness.